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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 00:07 GMT
#799
To expand upon Dark.Carnival's post, I made some post before I went to sleep, then after woke up, I revealed my detective and ran for mayor. Either way, it would be hours (seven/eight+) before I could make a response, so I had to ensure my candidacy got noticed.

Check timestamps to confirm my activity.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-19 00:10:01
March 19 2008 00:08 GMT
#800
On March 19 2008 09:07 Ace wrote:
If any Mafia member false claims they'd be caught red handed fast because this plan does not use 1 person as the word of trust - it uses several with a self checking scheme.


Good point, the only way for the mafia to get around it is to have some mafia roleplay bodyguards and others roleplay detectives.

EDIT: Going to be gone for about an hour.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 00:12 GMT
#807
On March 19 2008 09:10 Ghar wrote:
What Ace meant was the real bodyguards would see it strange that they got a PM from Chuiu telling them they're bodyguard, but not from the mayor who might have left them out when PMing the bodyguards about each other.

Ace's plan = Bodyguard gets 2 PMs, 1 from Chuiu, and 1 from the Mayor telling him who the other bodyguards are. The number has to add up, anybody guard that didn't get a PM from the mayor, stands up and speaks out.


Read the above post. Every single bodyguard does get a PM from the mayor.

And I'm really going to be gone.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 00:18 GMT
#811
The problem is, if I'm not elected anything, the town'll lose a detective. Is that a risk people are willing to take? I'm only revealing my role because it's the only 100% guaranteed method I have of ensuring a townie mayor.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 00:57 GMT
#843
Well even if they're dead, if town wins, they do too.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 01:19 GMT
#862
On March 19 2008 10:16 qrs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2008 09:58 CDRdude wrote:
After thinking this through, I have come to the conclusion that there is no flaw.
+ Show Spoiler [Why there is no flaw] +

Okay. In this example, we will have 7 bodyguards, 1 mayor, 20 mafia, and a bunch of other people who aren't important, we can call them townies.

If the mayor is mafia, and is smart, he will do this:
Send a PM to:
Bodyguard 1
Mafia 1
Mafia 2
.
.
.
Mafia 6

As far as the legitimate bodyguard can tell, this is legit. The mafia will obviously claim to be bodyguards, and Bodyguard 1 won't know better.

Send a PM to:
Bodyguard 2
Mafia 1
Mafia 2
.
.
.
Mafia 6

Again, the real bodyguard can't tell the difference.

PM3:
Mafia 1
Mafia 2
.
.
.
Mafia 6

You should be getting the point by now. If you aren't, you probably don't deserve to be mayor.

The mafia mayor can do this a total of seven times, so that each bodyguard receives a PM with 6 other people on it. Each of those people insist that they are bodyguards, the real bodyguards won't know the difference, and no real bodyguard will be left out. Since no real bodyguard will be left out, nobody will stand out to say that they didn't receive a PM.

This can't last forever, but it can do a lot of damage. One of two things will happen; either a bodyguard will stand out, according to qrs' plan. The other (real) bodyguards will recognize him as not being in their group, and they'll cry out. Confusion ensues, but people will soon realize that the mayor is a mafioso. However, this takes a bit of time, and the mafia gets a good bit of damage in. BUT---once the real situation is discovered, mafia's 1-6 lives are forfeit. Net gain for the town. The mafia could avoid some of this by mixing in more bodyguards to the PM's, but even then it's a loss for the mafia, gain for the town.

The other possibility is if no bodyguard stands out (the mayor ignores qrs' plan) and a fake detective proclaims that the mayor is innocent. That's nice. However, that also assumes that no other detective checked on the mayor, which is unlikely to happen. Soon, the truth will come out, and the bodyguards will realize that the others in the message are fakes, and can be lynched/mad hatted/killed during the night/permabanned or whatever. End result: town is ahead. This will be a bit bloody, but about equal numbers of mafia and town will die here, so that's still +town.


How to avoid all the mess: Basically, qrs' plan is needed. A bodyguard has to step forward. All the real bodyguards will know whether or not he was included in the PM to them, so you don't have to confirm anything. Of course, that bodyguard will probably be gunned down during the night, but whatever, sucks for him.
Much as I hate to admit it, I believe my plan is flawed. As per Kau's post, a Mafia can identify himself as a bodyguard, and all the bodyguards will believe he is telling the truth. The Bodyguard plan is not failsafe after all. Unless someone comes up with something new, we will have to waste some detective power as Ghar has been saying.


Hell, if I don't get to be the mayor/pardoner, I'll be the sacrifice. At least it'll benefit the town since I'll die if I don't the the positions anyway.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 02:35 GMT
#886
On March 19 2008 11:26 BlindAlbino wrote:
Well hopefully we can get a good mayor/pardoner this time around. Tracil was completely useless last game, and the whole lynching FS thing was a joke. If we are gonna elect someone, has to be someone that people actually like so we dont get another bandwagon lynch.

I vote Ace for Mayor.


Because this is the right thread in which to vote!
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 03:11 GMT
#901
On March 19 2008 12:07 JeeJee wrote:
people who vote for empyrean crack me up. if he's legit, the best he can do for us is verify the mayor then get shot by mafia, because there's no reason to vote for him at all, since saboteur will juts be laughin at us (realize that he had nobody to roleblock until empyrean went "im dt lulz!") if we elect him


I PM'd Ace something. Don't worry.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 03:17 GMT
#906
On March 19 2008 12:16 Ace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2008 12:11 Empyrean wrote:
On March 19 2008 12:07 JeeJee wrote:
people who vote for empyrean crack me up. if he's legit, the best he can do for us is verify the mayor then get shot by mafia, because there's no reason to vote for him at all, since saboteur will juts be laughin at us (realize that he had nobody to roleblock until empyrean went "im dt lulz!") if we elect him


I PM'd Ace something. Don't worry.


I got your PM, I'll respond later when I'm back from going out.



I PM'd you an additional idea as well. I have numerous others.

I'm going to sleep now, and I'll respond in about seven hours. I'm basically trying to prove that I'm not a completely tardass.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 10:54 GMT
#999
On March 19 2008 18:04 ahrara_ wrote:
[b]However, there's the added bonus that randombum is less likely to be a mafia ploy because he announced his campaign before the game started, whereas Empyrean's role claiming makes him suspect.


Actually, I announced my campaign before the game started as well. I stated that I would be running for mayor no matter what.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 19:45 GMT
#1076
On March 20 2008 04:34 Wysp wrote:
Figuring out for sure if Empyrean is mafia is fairly important. If he is it will be easy to figure out atleast where to look for a few more members.


Easy to solve. Get a (or some) detectives to investigate me, and report their findings directly to Ace.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 19:58 GMT
#1081
On March 20 2008 04:55 BlindAlbino wrote:
ace that seems very flawed. How will you know the other detectives besides empyrean is telling the truth? they would have to reveal themselves for this to happen.


First they investigate Ace, and one detective will probably publicly announce Ace's innocence. Then they'll just PM Ace. Or they can immediately PM Ace and assume he's town, while other detectives confirm his role. If he's town, they'll be silent. If he's mafia, they'll sound the alarms.

And finally, if I do die this night, I'd like to just post one thing after my death.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 20:00 GMT
#1082
nemY: I have a feeling you're mafia, but obviously I can't really accuse you of anything at the moment. You know why? Because I started the same thing you're trying to do last game.

After L2W failed in his protection of alventenie, I started the whole "he revealed his role, but he's not actually paramedic!" bandwagon that got him lynched.

So at the moment, shut up and watch the game unfold.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 22:08 GMT
#1121
On March 20 2008 07:06 Live2Win wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2008 05:00 Empyrean wrote:
nemY: I have a feeling you're mafia, but obviously I can't really accuse you of anything at the moment. You know why? Because I started the same thing you're trying to do last game.

After L2W failed in his protection of alventenie, I started the whole "he revealed his role, but he's not actually paramedic!" bandwagon that got him lynched.

So at the moment, shut up and watch the game unfold.

ORLY?!

*evil smirk*

+ Show Spoiler +

(btw I'm not playing so plz don't take this post seriously)


Yeah sorry L2W

I still heart you :D

And when'll we know the target of the mayor's lynch? >:O
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 19 2008 22:16 GMT
#1125
You mean *when you get Mayor.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 20 2008 01:53 GMT
#1188
Confession.

Well it looks like I'm obviously not going to get an elected position.

I'm not a detective. I'm plain townie. You can get a detective or someone to check it out :/

Now. The only reason I posted that I was detective was to try and get the mayoral/pardoner spot, since the only way I will ever be sure (remember, I can't actually check people's roles) that we have a townie-aligned mayor/pardoner is if I were to be in office. So yes, I suppose it was a selfish move, but you'll have to believe me when I say that it was the best thing I could personally have done for the town, since I am a definite townie. I couldn't wait for the off-chance that someone else take the mayoral position and end up being a mafioso.

So you'll understand why I tried to force the town's hand.

And since I've revealed my true role, it's up to the mafia to decide if they want to waste their Suicide Bomber(s?) on a plain townie who's not likely to receive paramedic protection. Furthermore, it solves the problem of the saboteur issue. Why sabotage someone's "abilities" when they actually have none? All town detectives are at the moment unknown, and Ace's plan should proceed without impediment.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 20 2008 01:55 GMT
#1189
Oh: one more thing since I don't want to edit:

Detectives should investigate Ace's role. If he is townie, then they will silently PM their findings to him. If Ace is mafia, then they will blow Ace's cover. After the detective's death (with a likely suicide bomber use?), we'll know for sure, then we can lynch a potential-mafia Ace later.

But I'm hoping Ace is townie.

Also, when detectives check anyone else's role, if they could report it to Ace so that they don't reveal their cover. Ace will publicly state the detectives' findings.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 20 2008 01:58 GMT
#1192
On March 20 2008 10:56 BlindAlbino wrote:
how can we even be sure your a townie at this point. this is ridiculous. making the game harder for us then it needs to be


With the detectives. Once they find out I'm plain townie, they'll report it to Ace who will make that information known.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
March 20 2008 02:09 GMT
#1198
On March 20 2008 11:02 GeneralStan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2008 11:01 Mynock wrote:
Bah, another horrible move by Empyrean (assuming he is what he says he is). I was considering the chance that Emp was a townie, in which case what he was doing would have made some sense. First, he could draw the saboteur's ability away from the real roles, second, he might have wasted some of the mafia's killing power or even a suicide bomber.

Now, if he's indeed a townie he's made another crucial mistake, instead of confusing the mafia (and possibly sacrificing himself) he's confusing the town even further.

This is getting really weird now. But for now, I want to hear what others think tho.


You just confused me :\ If he was a vanilla townie then we could have been wasting mafia roles, but they might have realized and ignored Emp.

Or Emp really is a detective and he's trying to now avert attention from himself.


Heh. Think about it for a second - why would I make such a move to announce that I am detective so early on in the game? My only reason for doing so was to ensure a townie mayor. I've also confused some mafia, hopefully. If they still think I'm detective, they run the risk of wasting both their sabotage or their suicide bomber. If they think I'm vanilla townie, then, well, nothing special happens. All our detectives'll still be secret and safe.

Anyway, if you guys really want to see my role, you should just wait for Ace to announce the detectives' results.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-20 02:15:45
March 20 2008 02:10 GMT
#1200
Oh: I only revealed my real role because nemY and friends got the whole "LET'S LYNCH EMPYREAN LOLOLO" bandwagon going.

The only real point of vanilla townies is to vote to lynch mafias and try and protect the real town special roles so they can win the game. Basically, my abandonment of my initial plan (to stir up mafia confusion - should we use a suicide bomber/saboteur?) was because you guys are trying to start the whole lynching bandwagon.

[b]Just wait for Ace to confirm (via detective) that I'm vanilla town.
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